Book Log 2015 #11: The Empty Throne by Bernard Cornwell
The future of England is in peril again, but this time the Danes aren't the main problem. Aethelred, ruler of Mercia, is dying, and without a male to succeed him there's a good chance that Wessex will find a way to finally absorb Mercia, either by force or by installing a puppet on the Mercian throne.
Enter Uhtred, champion and occasional lover of Athelflaed, the queen who can't succeed to the throne. Or can she?
It's another solid outing for the Saxon tales, with the additional surprise (spoiler alert) of Uhtred, son of Uhtred, taking over some of the narration duties. The series has been going on for quite a bit, but as we know that the elder Uhtred lives to retake his ancestral home, it'll be interesting to see if the younger Uhtred plays a larger role in future books.
09 May 2015
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